Title:
Margaret Blake Alverson Collection, 1880-1920
Creator/Contributor:
Blake Alverson, Margaret, creator
Abstract:
Account book, correspondence, diaries, files, notes and drafts, photographs.
Date:
1880 (issued)
Subject:
Singing -- Instruction and study -- California
Blake Alverson, Margaret -- 1836-1923
Note:
Not restricted. Please credit California State Library.
Margaret Blake Alverson was born in Illinois, June 12, 1836 and came to Stockton in November 1851. She began her career singing
in churches, then sang in operas, and finally gave voice lessons for some 40 years to over 1,000 pupils. She published a book
describing her career. Called SIXTY YEARS OF CALIFORNIA SONG (San Francisco: Sunset Publishing House, 1913). She died January
17, 1923 in Oakland.
CSL Manuscript Summary Sheets
Physical Description:
print
43
Language:
English
Identifier:
Origin:
California
Copyright Note:
Not restricted. Please credit California State Library.